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Sikh 'Jatha' depart for Lahore to celebrate Baisakhi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 12 (ANI): A group of Sikh Jatha departed for Pakistan's Lahore on Tuesday for celebrating the festival of Baisakhi (Khalsa Sajna Day).
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Pakistan issues 3000 visas to Indian Sikh Yatrees for 552nd Birth Annivers
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday issued around 3000 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims on the eve of the 552nd Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev from November 17-26.
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Baisakhi celebrations: Passports distributed to Sikh pilgrims to visit Pak
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 11 (ANI): A total of 437 people have been granted permission to visit Pakistan on the occasion of Baisakhi at the historic gurdwaras of the neighbouring country, including the Nankana Sahib.
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Sikh Jatha denied permission to visit Nankana Sahib due to COVID-19 and se
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said that the Sikh Jatha was denied permission to visit Nankana Sahib in Pakistan because of the COVID-19 pandemic and other security reasons.
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Rights group condemn threats to sexually abused Christian minor boy in Pak
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Nankana Sahib [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): The family of a 10-year-old Christian boy, who was sexually abused and sodomised by some locals in the Nankana Sahib area, is facing threats to either leave the area or embrace Islam.
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SAD asks Centre to take up issue of perceived security threat to Sikh Jath
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 19 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday asked the central government to take up the issue of perceived security threat to Sikh devotees visiting Pakistan with the latter government instead of "arbitrarily" denying permission to a Sikh jath
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Citing pandemic, home ministry denies permission to Sikh group planning to
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in response to a proposal has denied permission to a Sikh jatha which was planning to visit Pakistan on the 100th anniversary of Saka Nankana Sahib.
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Sikh 'jatha' from India to leave for Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on Friday
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 27 (ANI): A Sikh Jatha from India is set to leave for Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on Friday on the occasion of Guru Nanak's 551st birth anniversary.
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Tarun Chugh hails Centre's decision to send Sikh jatha to Gurdwara Nankana
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Saturday lauded the decision of the Central government to send a Sikh 'jatha' from India to visit the Janam Asthan Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on the occasion of the 551st birth ann
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Ahmadi doctor shot dead in Pakistan over 'religious differences'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nankana Sahib [Pakistan], November 21 (ANI): A doctor, belonging to Ahmadi community, was shot dead on Friday, while his father and two uncles suffered injuries when a teenage boy opened fire on them in Punjab's Nankana Sahib.
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India lambasts Pakistan for continuing to provide cross-border cover to in
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): India on Thursday said that the continuous "activities of incursions" by Pakistani infiltrators was not possible without the "involvement of Pakistani armed forces posted along the Line of Control".
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19 Sikh pilgrims killed in crash between bus, passenger train in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 3 (ANI): At least 19 Sikh pilgrims were killed and at least 8 people were injured after a passenger bus they were traveling in collided with Shah Hussain Express train on Friday, reported Pakistani media citing officials.
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